How to check which version of Vintage Story you are running while in-game?

[Professor Dragon]

Silly question time.

What is the easiest method (or methods) of telling which version of Vintage Story is currently installed, while in-game?
Preferably through the interface or via a command.

Is there a command? If so, I couldn't find one at:
https://wiki.vintagestory.at/List_of_client_commands
https://wiki.vintagestory.at/List_of_server_commands

(I am single player, so there is no client/server distinction.)

There is a command which tells you the created version, but not the current version that is being run: /info createdversion

I can open up the server logs, and \AppData\Roaming\VintagestoryData\Logs\client-main.log advises that I am on: [Notification] Game Version: v1.20.12 (Stable)

This is the information that I want, and it is correct as it matches to the Downloads page.

At the Main Menu there is correct version information at the bottom right of the screen.

I can't believe that I didn't see this for the longest time. But I was looking to the left hand pane for this information, either under the Vintage Story tree logo at the top, or near the logged in account name information.

This again is easy to get to - once you know it is there. But it is slow to exit and re-enter to this point while in-game (Ahem. On my PC that is.)

So am I missing something, or is there something like this in-game?:

1. "Settings, About" version number display.
2. A command which returns the current client version?

If so, let me know. If not, could we have this?

Thanks, Professor Dragon.

P.S. If I'm very silly, I apologise.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Thorfinn]

Hmm. Never wanted to do that before. I've got shortcuts to about 50 different instances in my VS directory, and the version and group and/or modlist is in the shortcut name, so I can't get into the world without deliberately choosing the version.

Don't trust the Wiki. People mean well, but it's hitting a moving target. Try 

.chb

[EDIT]

Once you get that, try something like

/help info

Edited August 22, 2025 by Thorfinn

[Kreeate]

Derped and didn't read the full OP. Apologies.

 

Edited August 22, 2025 by Kreeate

[Professor Dragon]

9 hours ago, Thorfinn said:

Try 

.chb

Once you get that, try something like

/help info

 

Thanks Thorfinn. A great response to get me started. The Command Handbook (.chb) is a revelation - I've heard of it before, but never actually called it - didn't know how.

Unfortunately, I've scoured the thing top to bottom as best as a I can, and found nothing that gives the current game version there either.

Searching on keywords such as "version" and "info" only brings up a few hits. So I went through the full list top to bottom. Admittedly some of the entries are deep, but I skimmed most of those also and didn't see a clear match.

The most natural place to find this information would be under "/info" - but it is not something that it reports.

• For my practical purposes, I can exit back to the main game menu to see the version.
• It would be nice though to be able to do this in game, if someone knows how or if this feature could be added.

 

I might let this thread sit here for a little while, but if no responses I might add this as a Suggestion.
 

EDIT: 50 instances? All labelled? I bow before you!

Edited August 22, 2025 by Professor Dragon

[Thorfinn]

That does seem a little weird. There are commands to do pretty much everything one would never want to do, but not this.  

[Professor Dragon]

Thanks.

I've created a Suggestion here:

 

[Professor Dragon]

Replying to my own post , but I thought this might be useful to people who search later.

If there is a newer stable version available, then there will be an update at the top left.
The newer unstable versions don't get this.

[Maelstrom]

On 8/22/2025 at 6:02 AM, Professor Dragon said:

Silly question time.

If I'm very silly, I apologise.

No need to apologize.   Silly is fun.

[Bradley Williams]

Dunno if you still need this, but I came across this the other day while watching the OddLaws streaming server. The hotkey is CTRL+F3 to open the Debug screen + FPS Graph (Bottom of controls page in settings, under Debug and Macros). When you use CTRL+F3, it shows the game version at the top left as well as graphics card being used and the top right shows memory being used which is helpful if a mod has a memory leak.

[Professor Dragon]

On 1/2/2026 at 5:41 AM, Bradley Williams said:

Dunno if you still need this, but I came across this the other day while watching the OddLaws streaming server. The hotkey is CTRL+F3 to open the Debug screen + FPS Graph (Bottom of controls page in settings, under Debug and Macros). When you use CTRL+F3, it shows the game version at the top left as well as graphics card being used and the top right shows memory being used which is helpful if a mod has a memory leak.

Neat! Nice to know!